Hook-Up Etiquette & Advice with Badly Licked Bear

​How do you hook-up? Casual sex is still sex and even the most playful sex is mysterious and serious. Whether you're looking for instant action from a stranger or something casual that could be something more, let's elevate your skills, develop confidence, and learn how to make the hook-ups we want to have happen. You'll learn: What do we want from a hook-up and what do we need? Basic etiquette and consent for hook-ups from "the apps" we love to hate to the darkest darkrooms; Hook-up advice for couples or for hooking-up with couples; Navigating hanky codes, cruising, and consent; Hooking-up across lines of gender diversity; Safer sex while hooking-up. This workshop will include ample time for your questions and for group discussion. Is your next hook-up already in the room with us?

​Instructor Bio:

​Badly Licked Bear has spent her life in the kink and BDSM community, and is the current Mx. Strap Sucker Los Angeles the winner of the 2024 Unabashed Kink Con Forefister Award. She's a playful instigator of scenes and dreams who loves to be at the center of the action just as much as she loves making others feel like the center of the universe.

​This former professor weaves together a lifetime of lived fantasy and a professional approach as a kink and BDSM educator. Whether it's teaching dominants how to crush the life out of a submissive with their thighs alone, exploring the finer points of humiliation and degradation, or the fine art of fisting, she makes challenging topics and skills accessible for your pleasure.

Badly is also a member of the adult industry-facing, sex worker-focused organization Sunday Faire, Board President of the pelvic-health organization Pelvic Sanctuary, and a Founder of the Council of Indigenous Leather.